Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-25
LOCAL BREvITIES.

r. B. Blowers, of Yolo, who has been
,, East for three months in the interest of the
California Fruit Union, has returned home.
There are kilograms at the Western
Union Office for T.. T Andy, Theodore
Winters, Fred. Hart, Joseph Olive, John
II. Barry and E. Andrews.
Company F, at Woodland, is being rap
idly recruited These new soldiers are
drilled every night, in order that they may
present good appearance at the Santa
Cruz encampment.
A special meeting OF Elk Grove Lodge,
No. 173, f. a. NJ, will be held on
Wednesday evening next for special work
in the third degree. Members of the Order
from this city will be in attendance.
Charles A. Tweed, member of Sacra-
mento's City Council in early days, died in
San Francisco Friday He at one time
represented Placer county in the State Sem
ate. He was afterwards appointed Fed
eral Judge in Arizona.
A Chinese vegetable peddler was thrown
from his wagon near Davisville on Thurs
day, and struck the ground in such q man.
ner as to break one of his limbs below the
knee. passing train frightened his team,
causing the accident.
An hour after the curfew bell rang last
evening, dozen or more boys of tender
age were making much unnecessary noise
on X street. The question naturally oc-
ours, Why ring the bell if The police do not
enforce the ordinance?
A stranger by the name of James Filbert
tried to commit suicide Saturday morning
at the City Hotel by taking large dose OF
morphine. He was taken to the City Re
ceiying Hospital, pumped out" and
n xvnS of Al
pecunious and respondent
Prof. Thomas C. Casey left Sacramento
City last Saturday for Oakland. He will
likely return to the city during fair week
The next thing in order will be for Casey
to sue the county for false imprisonment
The same jury would in all probability
find against the county; and if not, why
not
W. Naderman, who was accused of set
ting fire to his premises, q saloon on Third
street, for the purpose of obtaining some
500 insurance money, has been on trial
for several days in the Police Court on a
charge of arson. II was plainly proven
that the premises were set on fire but the
| accused proved an abb and was dis
| Charged.
The average Signal Service temperature
| Saturday was 100, which was 2oeooler than
the normal for that day. The highest and
| lowest temperature was $50 and $50, with
| fresh southerly winds and clear weather.
The average temperature yesterday was Il ,,
| which is 20 cooler than the normal for that
day. The highest and lowest temperature
| was 800 and SO, with gentle southerly
| winds and clear weather.
Since last report, steamer San joaquin
No. arrived from San Francisco with
ICrht arH knr Sc IL. g.. a.
| above; steamers Flora and Varuna, from
upper Sacramento, with grain steamer D.
q. knight, from San Francisco en- route to
Marysville. Departed for San Francisco:
San Joaquin No. T. with two barges of
| grain Varuna and Flora for the upper
Sacramento with freight; Thos. Dwyer for
lower Sacramento, light.
The Gait Gazette saws Eph McIntyre
! was in town this week, and while he claims
to know but very little about how Count
Nalensin was done up" in the footrace at
Lathrop recently, still he "smole smile"
OF JOY every time the matter was mentioned.
Mr.. Mcintyre was stakeholder, referee and
judge of the race, and it is safe to say he
was on the right side of the sack" 1t was
| only repetition of the old chestnut" per-
petrated at Hawks Corners a few years ago,
when number of Sacramento bows were
| made to disgorge.
There is rush of travel to Oregon now
that the California and Oregon road is
SO nearly completed. The roadbed hiss
been finished up to within eight miles Of
the line from Portland, and this small gap
will soon be closed. Six six-horse stage
| coaches now run between the ends of the
track daily, that number being required to
, accommodate the largely-increased passen-
ger travel. Were it not for the delay in
transferring passengers, baggage and mails
over the unfinished portion of the line, the
tip from this city to Portland could be
made in less than thirty hours.